2013 Ford Fusion: multiple warning lights

Filed Jan 13, 2021 · Airbags, Brakes · 91,000 miles · ND

I had started my car one morning and noticed some "dummy" lights had not gone off. I then got a notice about "hill side assist not available" that was weird as I was on a flat surface. Then I also got a notification that said "service advancetrak". The warning lamps that stayed illuminated are ABS, front airbag, stability control, and stability control off lights. While I drove off, the steering was affected as well, it wasn't like I had no power steering, but it was definately more difficult to steer. I got to work, called the dealer, made an appointment for my car to be looked at. Which was thenext day. When I went back to my car after work, the warning lights and notifications did not appear. The next day, went to the car, going to work, all the lights appeared again. Car went to the shop and was told the speed sensor and hub need to be replaced. The total cost is $635.00 for repairs. I have seen lots of complaints of this sort for my year of car. I believe a recall should be issued.

Filed Mar 22, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 76,000 miles · NY

Have not brough to dealer yet, however all my lights lit up and have not turned of so far. Advancetrac, blindspot, rear camera assist, ABS, etc.. Basically all my assist have come on. Since they have come on my steering has been tough, as if the electrical assist was disabled because its combined with the ABS system. According to a youtube video posted online, the problem is a corroded or malfunctioning wire in the ABS driver (or passenger?) side of the wheel well. "issue was my driver front tire... It's the wire harness that goes back to the cpu from the ABS speed sensor. This should be a recall in my opinion as a lot of people are having this issue which causes electrical power steering assist to turn off making it harder to turn the steering wheel" quoted from the youtube video. Where the wires connect or something along that line. It would be really appreciated if ford looked into this and made a recall. This is not safe considering it disables some (or all) of your steering capabilities. More detail: all lights have lit up before during the first snow-fall (but shortly after turned off). I purchased the car with 70,000 miles on it, in july of 18'. It is now march of 19' and we've had warm days up until today, when we had snow again here in central new york. Now the problem arises again. Please recall this issue.

Filed Dec 18, 2018 · Steering · 160,000 miles · NJ

Steering all of a sudden became super stiff, many warning lights lite. Almost caused crash into parked car, lucky was at slow speed 10 MPH. Note other recalls for same issue ford said this VIN is not covered but issues are the same as others in the recall. Car is at dealership to be fixed root cause rack & pinon assembly replacement. Ref: https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/2013-ford-fusion-recalled-for-steering-gear-problem.html

Filed May 5, 2017 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 88,000 miles · MD · fire

While driving on the beltway, the car accelerated then started slow down. I merged off of the beltway and onto a ramp to get somewhere safe. At the ramp the car light of the air bag came on then, the car came to a stop, and all the lights came on. And the hood of the car was smoking. I lifted the hood and saw the fire under the engine. We moved away from the car and luckily a man in a work truck saw us and had a fire extinguisher and put the fire out. The car is with the dealer but, nothing has been completed at this time. The car has been with them since 5/3/17.

Filed Dec 21, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · 16,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford fusion. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the exterior and interior lighting shut off. After driving a little further, all the lights illuminated again; however, the failure recurred. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where it was diagnosed that there were no failures. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 16,000.

Filed Jun 25, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · 18,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford fusion. While driving 35 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle hesitated and lost power. The contact mentioned that all the warning lights, gauges, and meters on the instrument cluster failed to function. In addition, the contact stated that the low beam head lamps were activated but were dim. As a result, the contact's visibility was diminished. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer multiple times. The technician diagnosed that the clutch, transmission, and the computer needed to be reset. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 18,000.

Filed Jul 18, 2014 · Airbags, Electrical · 7,500 miles · CT

I was exiting from the highway, and all of a sudden, all of the warning lights came on (ABS, traction control, airbags, hill assist, etc.). All systems became unoperational while I was driving, which caused me great concern. I brought it into the dealership the next morning (the issue was still happening), and they kept it for two weeks because the affected part, a restraint control module (rcm), was on national backorder. They said the car was unsafe to drive, and, if I had gotten in an accident, the airbags wouldn't have deployed. I have read about a number of other people with 2013 fusions with the same exact defective part, so this issue should probably be investigated.